Apidet Rakpenthai
About Me
I have worked on several valuable projects that are all related to different fields such as molecular biology, bioinformatics, genetic engineering, transcriptomics and metabolomics
Education
2017 - 2022
D.Sc.
Doctor of Philosophy of Science in Molecular Plant Physiology
Institute for Biology and Biochemistry, University of Potsdam, Brandenburg-Potsdam, Germany
and Max-Planck institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Brandenburg-Potsdam, Germany
PhD project: Analysis of the regulation of the sulfur responsive genes, SDI1 and SDI2
2013 - 2016
M.Sc.
2009 - 2013
B.Sc.
Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Master project: Metabolite profiles of ‘Khao Dawk Mali 105’ and salt-tolerant ‘UBN 02123-50R-B-2’ rice Oryza sativa L. under menadione-induced oxidative stress
Bachelor of Science in Biology, First Class Honors
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Senior project: Production of recombinant cecropin A and cecropin B in cyanobacteria
Scientific skills and techniques
· Advance systems biology and bioinformatics
· Advance gene regulation, gene characterization and functional genomics analyses
· Advance metabolite annotation from GC/LC-MS chromatogram and metabolomics data analysis
· Advance microscopy techniques
· Advance genetic screening and genetic engineering
Skillfully familiar with Microsoft Office suite in term of Mac and Window, Prezi presentation software as well as comprehensive programs: Chromeleon, C++ language, Dataanalysis 4.0 (Bruker Daltonics), EndNote, Genevestigator, ImageJ, JMP, Matlab, MetAlign, R program and R Studio, SDS 2.4, SIMCA (Umetrics), Snapgene, SPSS, TagFinder (MPI-MP), VANTED, WinRhizo
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Publications
Rakpenthai, A., Apodiakou, A., Whitcomb, S.J. & Hoefgen, R. (2022) “In silico analysis of cis-elements and identification of transcription factors putatively involved in the regulation of the OAS cluster genes SDI1 and SDI2” The Plant Journal, 110, 1286-1304 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15735) 🔗
Aarabi, F., Rakpenthai, A., Barahimipour, R., Gorka, M., Zhang, Y., Salem, M., Omranian, N., Brueckner, F., Nikoloski, Z., Giavalisco, P., Graf, A., Tohge, T., Fernie, A. & Hoefgen, R. (2021) “Sulfur Deficiency Induced genes affect seed protein accumulation and composition under sulfate deprivation” Plant Physiology, kiab386 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab386) 🔗
Whitcomb, S. J., Rakpenthai, A., Brueckner, F., Fischer, A., Parmar, S., Erban, A., Kopka, J., Hawkesford M.J. & Hoefgen, R. (2020) “Cysteine and methionine biosynthetic enzymes have distinct effects on seed nutritional quality and on molecular phenotypes associated with accumulation of a methionine-rich seed storage protein in rice” Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1118 (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01118) 🔗
Rakpenthai, A., Khaksar, G., Burow, M., Olsen., C.E., and Sirikantaramas, S. (2019) “Metabolic changes and increased levels of bioactive compounds in white radish (Raphanus sativus L. cv. 01) sprouts elicited by oligochitosan” Agronomy, 9(8), 467 (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9080467) 🔗
Rakpenthai, A. and Sirikantaramas, S. (2015) “Responses of ‘KDML 105’ and salt-tolerant ‘UBN 02123-50R-B-2’ rice Oryza sativa L. under menadione-induced oxidative stress” Proceeding in the 27th Annual Meeting of the Thai Society for Biotechnology and International Conference, 2015
Rakpenthai, A., Watanabe, M., Nakabayashi, R., Erban, A., Mori, T., Kopka, J., Saito, K., Hoefgen, R., and Sirikantaramas, S. “Metabolic responses to menadione-induced oxidative stress of two rice cultivars that differ in salt” (submitted to Frontiers in Plant Science, in the process of review